The clocks have gone forward, marking the start of daylight saving time in the UK. On Sunday 29 March the time jumped forward an hour when it hit 1am – and yes, it means you’ll have lost an extra hour of sleep. But the gain of an hour of daylight will mean lighter evenings and…
For months, the UK has felt like it’s barrelling towards banning under-16s from social media. Spurred on by Australia’s ban, campaigners and MPs have brought the idea of a teenage ban into the UK’s mainstream, and now the government is consulting the public on what it thinks should happen. Among adults, it’s a popular idea;…
Pregnant women and cancer patients could face “life-threatening” delays because of a worsening shortage of sonographers, experts warn. The vacancy rate for sonographers is 24.2% across England, rising to 38.2% in some areas, according to the Society of Radiographers (SoR). In addition, one in every 13 (7.6%) sonographers are planning to retire within the next…
The clocks are going forward this weekend, marking the start of daylight saving time in the UK. On Sunday 29 March the time will jump forward an hour when it hits 1am – and yes, it means you will lose an extra hour of sleep. But the gain of an hour of daylight will mean…
How BMI is calculated According to the NHS website, BMI is calculated by dividing an adult’s weight in kilograms by their height in metres squared. For example, if you weigh 70kg (around 11 stone) and are 1.70m (around 5ft 7in) tall, you work out your BMI by: 1. Squaring your height in metres: 1.70 x…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have said “the floodgates are open” for more legal cases against tech giants after Google and Meta were found liable for a woman’s social media addiction in a landmark lawsuit. A jury in Los Angels found Instagram, which is owned by Meta, and YouTube, which is owned by Google,…
A cloned animal that helped pave the way for the creation of Dolly the sheep has gone on permanent display at a Scottish museum. Morag the sheep and identical twin Megan were cloned from the same embryo and were the first mammals to be successfully replicated from differentiated cells. Their births in June 1995 at…
AI is gaining usage. But there are some things Americans would be comfortable having AI do for them — and plenty of others they aren’t, recent CBS News polling found. Given a list, the sorts of things Americans are comfortable with AI doing tend to be impersonal or even boring tasks, as well as those…
Back-to-back verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube could usher in a new chapter in accountability for tech companies, while opening the door to fresh legal challenges, experts tell CBS News. Two cases, decided in New Mexico and California, are the first to hold social media companies liable for harming young people. On Tuesday, a…
After days of deliberation, a jury in Los Angeles found Meta and YouTube liable for creating platforms designed to be addictive for kids and for failing to warn them. The plaintiff was awarded $6 million in damages in the case. Meta and Google, which owns YouTube, both say they’ll appeal. Source link